This post began because my husband is not fascinated by dinosaurs. He seemed a bit baffled as to why I’d want to write a story about dinosaurs. Should a dinosaur wander through my backyard, be assured that I will be… Read More ›
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IT’S THE 50th ANNIVERSARY OF EARTH DAY – Marilyn Armstrong
Trump is an awful man. I can’t seem to find something positive to say about him and for me, that’s unusual. I can always empathize, even with very bad people (not including one ex-husband). But not Trump. For him, I… Read More ›
ON THE UPCOMING 50th ANNIVERSARY OF EARTH DAY – Marilyn Armstrong
Trump is an awful man. I can’t seem to find something positive to say about him and for me, that’s unusual. I can always empathize, even with very bad people (not including one ex-husband). But not Trump. For him, I… Read More ›
DON’T PUT ME IN CHARGE! – Marilyn Armstrong
FOWC with Fandango — Ruler Let me start by saying I do not want to rule the world. I don’t even want to rule this house. Not even a tiny corner of it. I get exhausted trying to manage dogs, convince… Read More ›
SAFELY IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD – Marilyn Armstrong
FOWC with Fandango — Middle So. Here we are again. Back in the middle of the middle. Afraid to proffer a candidate who might actually have relevant and new ideas, looking for ways to “make things like they used to be.”… Read More ›
IT ALL STARTED WITH “FANTASIA” – Marilyn Armstrong
This post began because my husband is not fascinated by dinosaurs. He seemed a bit baffled as to why I’d want to write a story about dinosaurs. Note: Should a dinosaur wander through my back yard, be assured that I… Read More ›
BLOGGING BETWEEN MADNESS AND SANITY – Marilyn Armstrong
FOWC with Fandango — Madness Between sanity and madness, there has always lain writing. I have written my way out of deep depression, terrible grief, loneliness, and hopelessness. When I write, I find my way. Lately, photography has become part of… Read More ›
CHANGING THE SEASONS OF THE WORLD – Marilyn Armstrong
I haven’t read the official report, but I’ve read a lot of summaries and I wasn’t at all surprised by any of it. Twelve years left and then we can’t “save the earth.” I consider it highly unlikely we’ll make… Read More ›
OF THE EARTH: CEE’S BLACK & WHITE PHOTO CHALLENGE – Garry Armstrong
Cee’s Black & White Photo Challenge: Ground: sand, dirt, grass, paths When I took my excursion earlier this month, I took a lot of pictures of the ground. I had no idea why. The grass, the roads, the concrete. A… Read More ›
FOUR ELEMENTS – VISUALIZING THE WORLD
WordPress Photo Challenge: Elemental When I read this, I smiled. I remember when I was living in Israel and friends visited and they kept murmuring “But it’s so brown …” because it is. Sometimes. Deserts are brown in the summer,… Read More ›
EARTH AS EARTHDAY APPROACHES
In honor of April 22 – Earth Day 2017 There is little about which to feel enthusiastic this year. With the world in turmoil and the U.S. environmental protection agency in disarray, it isn’t going to be a good year for… Read More ›
EARTH AND HARVEST
Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Harvest – Earth The valley is not the best place for crops. We are a dairy and apple region. Some corn, some veggies in summer. Tomatoes. But no long fields of wheat or other grains waving in… Read More ›
HOT, HOTTER, HOTTEST – FICTION BY RICH PASCHALL
The Greenhouse, by Rich Paschall It was another hot February day in the nation’s capital. Many people had flooded the city’s cooling centers to get away from the unusual heat, as well as the “rolling black-outs.” Even some of these… Read More ›
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Celebrating the earth, the mother of us all.
EARTH DAY AGAIN – APRIL 22, 2016
I run this Walt Kelly Pogo cartoon every year. Despite the passage of time, it is as true now as it ever was. It shouldn’t be. Garry and I remember the first Earth Day. How sure we were that everything would… Read More ›
DOWN AND DIRTY
CEE’S BLACK & WHITE PHOTO CHALLENGE: GROUND An interesting challenge because I’ve never done “dirt” as a subject and certainly not in black and white. Luckily, deep in the files of my 100,000 plus photographs, I found a few that seem… Read More ›
SNOW MELTS FIRST OVER THE SEPTIC TANK
When I looked out my window this afternoon, I saw something I haven’t seen in many long weeks. Ground! I saw — clearly for the first time since January — the green steel cap of our septic system, plus a tiny bit of… Read More ›
DON’T LET ME RULE THE WORLD. YOU WON’T LIKE IT.
If I Ruled the World You’ve been given the superpower to change one law of nature. How do you use it? Let me start by saying I do not want to rule the world. Not even a tiny corner of it. I… Read More ›
OH MOTHER OF INVENTION, HOW ABOUT ELIMINATING US?
It’s really a simple solution, you know. We may already have one somewhere. It probably needs a little refinement, but I think it would solve the Earth’s problems. A bomb. A huge one. Not neutron because that kills animals as well… Read More ›
YEAR ZERO – ROB REID – GET IT FOR 99 CENTS (KINDLE) NOW!
What with the NSA XBox and spying thing — and now the shut down and who know what else coming to get us, Year Zero gets more and more relevant … and hilarious. And right now, you can grab a… Read More ›
THE REST OF THE STORY – THE PLAGUE FORGE, Jason M. Hough
The Plague Forge by Jason M. Hough Book 3 of The Dire Earth Cycle Random House Publishing Group Del Rey Spectra – Del Rey Publication Date: September 24, 2013 This story of a future dystopian earth continues where The Exodus Tower… Read More ›
Gift of doom? The aliens return with The Exodus Tower, by Jason M. Hough
The Exodus Tower by Jason M. Hough Book 2 of The Dire Earth Cycle Random House Publishing Group — Del Rey Spectra – Del Rey Publication Date: August 27, 2013 This unique story of a future dystopian earth continues where The Darwin… Read More ›
Dystopia with a twist – The Darwin Elevator by Jason M. Hough
The Darwin Elevator by Jason M. Hough – Book 1 of The Dire Earth Cycle Random House Publishing Group — Del Rey Spectra – Del Rey Publication Date: July 30 2013 Books about the dystopian future of earth are an entire genre nowadays…. Read More ›
Rereading Earth Abides, by George R. Stewart
When I first read Earth Abides by George R. Stewart more than 40 years ago, it wasn’t newly published, but it was new to me. Unlike many other books I have read and forgotten, Earth Abides has stayed with me. I’ve returned to… Read More ›
